I recommend this article by Anne T. Donahue: Self-Care Can’t be Bought.
Today, we are seeing self-care as a catch-all for capitalist-centric me time, spurred on by brands that I’m sure have their hearts in the right place, but don’t seem to understand that not only can quick fixes not be bought, they don’t exist at all.
Gabor Mate, physician, trauma expert and best-selling author, is a proponent of treating self-care as a process, as opposed to a single act. He says, “I can’t give you a solution. I can give you a map.” The resource “Wellness: A Question of Balance” provides a curriculum as a process, not an event.
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin offers 4 guiding principles for self-care and boundary setting in this episode of the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast.
Dr. Lakshmin is a psychiatrist who shares her journey of discovery in the true essence of self-care. Dr. Lakshmin is a board-certified psychiatrist, New York Times contributor and a leading voice at the intersection of mental health and gender, for example.

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